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John and Ann Dillon drew on previous experience when they refurbished their Victorian London terrace without compromising on architectural design, they have created a modern family home thats already doubled in value
Words Luke Tebbutt Photography Jefferson Smith and Alan Williams MARCH 2013
this picture By adding a side-wall extension, the narrow kitchen has been transformed into a sociable and open-plan space. The concrete worktop will age naturally over time from regular use
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ome projects are very time-sensitive; this was one of them, says John Dillon of his Victorian home in north London, which he downsized to after an exhaustive search of 80 properties. He and his wife Ann had moved into a costly rented property by the time they found it, so their eagerness is understandable, but the challenge was formidable. The four-storey mid-terrace building like many others in the area had been converted into ats in the Seventies, and barely touched since. It needed a complete transformation to create space for them on the ground and rst oor, and self-contained living space for their four grown-up children on the two oors above. Luckily, they had previous experience good and bad to draw from. Their rst project was a roof extension in 1987, done with little money and little professional input, which let in buckets of rain while it was being built, and was ripped off days after completion during the great storm of that year. It was one of the most stressful experiences of my life, says John. We hired the wrong builder, who didnt have sufcient capability, so we always said if we did this again, wed make sure it was properly supervised. Their last project in their previous home was the opposite: a highly bespoke extension and refurbishment, done with great care and professionalism (but also signicant cost). This home had to strike a balance, delivering a great design within a carefully managed time frame and budget, so John hitthe ground running when he exchanged on the property inJune 2010. He hired Patrick Michell from Platform 5 Architects almost immediately, impressed by the glazed side-return extension Patrick had designed for his own home
left Timber fins help diffuse the light and extend down the walls to create alcoves for displaying objects this picture A pivot door and clever corner glazing allows the ground-floor space to be opened up to the garden in the summer
This home had to strike a balance, delivering a great design in a managed time frame and budget
this picture To keep the budget on track, the roof light is a standard size, which helped to reduce costs
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this picture John and Ann have kept and restored original Arts & Crafts features, such as the decorative plasterwork and stained glass
Im interested in good design that will transcend changes in fashion. I felt itwas important to aspire to that
SECOnD FLOOR
BEDROOM
BEDROOM
BOOKCASE
LIBRARY
LIBRARY
FIRST FLOOR
DInInG ROOM
ROOF TERRACE
TERRACE
KITChEn BEDROOM
ThIRD FLOOR
GARDEn BEDROOM
this picture The impressive library and stairwell is conceived as a giant piece of furniture, which has been inserted into the new double-height space. The shelves have been built into the wall and ascend in a stepped arrangement
Preliminaries 35,000 Demolition 24,425 Excavation 13,605 Concrete 14,870 Brick- and blockwork 17,478 Roong 16,331 Carpentry 14,059 Joinery 93,770 Steel and metalworks 7,880 Heating and plumbing 40,524 Electrical 27,861 Wall and oor nishes 38,226 Decoration 22,050 External works 3,500 Architect 31,500 Structural engineer 7,000 Building control 1,800 Planning consultant 1,500 Party-wall surveyor 2,500 Quantity surveyor 1,000 Total build cost 445,000 Total build cost per sqm 1,787
Money matters
this picture The new extension is clad in zinc, and the concrete flooring, which has a polyurethane sealant to protect it from the elements, continues outside
PROjECT TEAM Architect Platform 5 Architects (020 7739 9812; platform5architects. com) Project manager Neal & Norden Consultants (020 7485 1054) Structural engineer Rose Associates (020 7833 0666) Builder Clockwork Construction (020 3016 2111; clockworkconstruction. co.uk) Joiner Roger Hynam at Rogeroger Design Solutions (020 7254 7706; rogeroger. co.uk) Building regulations Iain Thomson at BCA (020 7278 1543; buildingcontrolapproval.com) STRUCTURE Roong Sky Roong (01992 300 997) Glazing Cantix (020 8203 6203; cantix.co.uk) Secondary glazing Clockwork Construction (as before) Zinc cladding VM Zinc (01992 822 288; vmzinc.co.uk) Plastering Cornices Centre (020 8962 6938; cornicescentre.co.uk) FITTInGS & FIXTURES Concrete ooring and worktop White+Reid (02392 641 641; whiteandreid. co.uk) Kitchen GIQ Design (020 3589 3389; giqdesign.com) Kitchen tap Franke at John Lewis (0845 604 9049; johnlewis.com) Wood ooring Khrs oak oorboards at 1926 Trading Co (0800 587 2027; 1926woodooring.co.uk) Bathroom basins Catalano Verso 55 at CP Hart (0845 873 1121; cphart.co.uk) Bathroom lights Castor at Detail Lighting (0845 052 4442; detaillighting.co.uk) FURnITURE Dining table Athos at B&B Italia (020 7591 8111; bebitalia.it) Dining chairs Series 7 chairs by Arne Jacobsen for Fritz Hansen at Skandium (020 7584 2066; skandium.com) Dining-room pendant lights Beat light by Tom Dixon (020 7400 0500; tomdixon.net)
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